Sad news.........guess noone wanted too purchase it and get it up and running again.......

For what? to have an antiquated horse track, turned car track turned horse track? That place may have hosted some of the best horses and great purses A LONG TIME AGO..... but get over it. That place was a shithole of the first order and was basically under "control" of a few, if you know what I mean. I, for one do not/did not/ and will not miss that place.

There's a very nice photo in an advertisment of a young lad fishing in the pond at Sportman's Park in either the 1950 or 1952 X-mas issue of Harness Horse (a month or more away from archival), with the grandstand and stretch in the background.

For what? to have an antiquated horse track, turned car track turned horse track? That place may have hosted some of the best horses and great purses A LONG TIME AGO..... but get over it. That place was a shithole of the first order and was basically under "control" of a few, if you know what I mean. I, for one do not/did not/ and will not miss that place.

PACKED STANDS, BIGGER PURSES, BETTER PROMOTIONS ,BETTER HORSES

I CAN LIVE WITH THAT 8)

ONCE AGAIN THE BRAIN TRUSTS TEAM UP WITH A DYING QUAIL ..... WHAT WERE THEY THINKING

No bigger thrill for the blue collar owner than winning a $10,500 Handicap at Sportsman's in 1970 with a crowd of 10,000 plus (women, kids, Race Track Rosie) and newspaper coverage that promoted the sport. You don't know squat about racing if you think there's ever been anything like it in Illinois harness racing history.

No bigger thrill for the blue collar owner than winning a $10,500 Handicap at Sportsman's in 1970 with a crowd of 10,000 plus (women, kids, Race Track Rosie) and newspaper coverage that promoted the sport. You don't know squat about racing if you think there's ever been anything like it in Illinois harness racing history.

No bigger thrill for the blue collar owner than winning a $10,500 Handicap at Sportsman's in 1970 with a crowd of 10,000 plus (women, kids, Race Track Rosie) and newspaper coverage that promoted the sport. You don't know squat about racing if you think there's ever been anything like it in Illinois harness racing history.

Very true - I have great memories of winning a couple stake races in the early 90's.Rosie, Elanor Flavin & Mike Paradise - and others all there.BB